Fifa family: man of the week

Dominica's FA head Patrick John – newly charged in the Fifa bribery inquiry – says the case is a dark "conspiracy". • John's previous conspiracy experience: 1985 – jailed for conspiring with US Ku Klux Klan leaders to depose his successor as Dominica's prime minister. Klan members, who wanted to set up casinos and brothels on the island, were arrested by FBI agents who recovered weapons, dynamite and a Nazi flag. John was pardoned in 1990, became FA head in 1992, was voted out in 2006 accused of "unaccountability", and reinstated in 2008 after "close ally" Jack Warner intervened. He won a new four-year term in June.

Also last week from Fifa

• Oliver Camps, charged in the same bribery inquiry, resigns as Trinidad's FA head, denies wrongdoing and pays tribute to Warner: "In him I see a true leader, a champion, a Caribbean man who was prepared to do whatever was required to keep the flag flying, with dignity and with pride."

• Worawi Makudi, part of the new-look post-corruption executive committee, denies wrongdoing after Fifa suspend payments to his Thai FA while corruption allegations are investigated.

• Plus: Fifa explain why Swiss firm Infront – run by Sepp's nephew Philippe – won a lucrative deal to sell World Cup TV rights in Asia: "Infront presented the best package for this important and very complex project."

Moral vacuum news

• Last week: A Daily Mail comment piece assesses racism in football after the claims against John Terry, which he denies. "Football might not be perfect but it's come a long way since the 1970s." Alleged victims should "just put up with it and get on with the game" because "there are worse things to complain about".

• Last year: The Mail assesses Terry's affair with a team-mate's ex-girlfriend. "Even in the sleazy, venal world of football, Terry's record is unforgivable." The FA's hypocrisy in failing to deal with JT's "treachery" while preaching "high-minded rhetoric about integrity" shows the "dark moral vacuum at the heart of football".

Number crunching

£67m: Amount agents earned in the 12 months to September 2010 from Premier League clubs – payments now being investigated by HMRC officials assessing alleged tax avoidance. £65m: School sport budget spread over three years, cut by 87%.

2) 10 Oct, Darlington chairman Raj Singh on Mark Cooper: "Changing the manager now is not the answer. We've been trying to build some stability at this club and we've made a lot of progress. I'm fully behind him."

3) 3 Oct, Sven says Leicester's owners are calm: "They do not panic if we lose games. When all the rumours about me losing my job started they reassured me. They said: 'You go on, take us to the Premier League.'"

One to watch

Burnley manager Eddie Howe, denying links with Portsmouth: "I take it with a pinch of salt. I just laugh at it. I'm 100% committed to Burnley, I'm proud to be doing this job and I'm proud I was asked to do it."

(•11 January: "I'm not going to lie, I did come close to leaving Bournemouth. It was a difficult decision [to turn down Palace], but we thought long and hard and it would be very difficult to leave these players and the fantastic supporters. It dragged on, but you can't make snap decisions when it affects the future of your staff and players. I'm delighted to stay: there's a good feeling in the town – it's a joy to be around." •14 January: Joins Burnley.)

Harry news

• 29 Sep: Harry Redknapp on Carlos Tevez: "It's just unbelievable [behaviour]. It wasn't right. It wasn't right for Man City, it wasn't right for football. I can't believe it, it shouldn't happen, it can't happen. It's beyond belief." • 22 Oct: "I'd take him tomorrow. Say what you like, but he's a world-class player. It's all right people refusing to condone his behaviour but, to be honest, I'm only interested in what he does when he plays."

Respect campaign latest

Moldova: Sfintul Gheorge player Iulian Bursuc says he has "no regrets" about punching a referee then immediately announcing his retirement. Bursuc told local press: "It's a shame young people saw it, but I've always had issues with him so it had to be done. Now we move on. I'm going to become a coach."

Chile: Cobresal keeper Luis Rogel says he's "sad" after TV cameras picked up a "gross torrent" aimed at referee Julio Bascuñán after his red card. "I just left my mind," says Rogel, who told Bascuñán he was having an affair with his wife. "I felt searing injustice and just left my mind. I'm sorry to the Bascuñán family."

Czech Republic: Jestrabi Lhota official Karel Dusek says his club played out their match against Tynec nad Labem despite the referee arriving drunk and sending off three players "at random", because "there are no rules about drunk referees". Dusek said the club feared a penalty if they walked off. "He fell over so much his shirt was covered with lime. What could we do?"

God news

Nigeria: Former women's team coach Eucheria Uche says their failure to qualify for London 2012 was: "not about me. Sacking this one and replacing that one does nothing. Nigerians must get closer to God. Nothing can work without God." Uche's key achievement in the job: "Before, lesbians in our team were a big problem. Not now," she said in June. "No more lesbians. I cannot tolerate that dirty life."

Fine of the week

Spain: €75,000 – compensation paid to former Real player Guti last week after Telecinoran "gay speculation" in 2008, mistaking paparazzi photos of him kissing his sister for photos of him kissing "a young man". Telecinotrailed them: "Guti likes to score goals, likes balls – and he likes boys?"

Plus: frying pan 'not criminal'

Argentina: Rosario prosecutors say model Macarena Lemos's complaint that Lionel Messi's mother threatened her with a frying pan is "not criminal". Lemos said it happened in a supermarket. "She was following me so I asked her why. Why was she in the electronics section with a frying pan? She said I talked to a magazine about her boy. I did not." Messi's lawyer: "We find this ridiculous."

•Also last week: rival model Xoana González says she felt shy of the publicity after news leaked out of her night with Messi. "Someone told the media, then half the world knows! I could have died." González – posing topless for a magazine while holding a Messi action figure – said: "It was a match we will never forget!"